Hawthorne of the U.S.A.

1919 film by James Cruze

November 30, 1919 (1919-11-30)

Running time

57 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Hawthorne of the U.S.A. is a 1919 American silent comedy adventure film directed by James Cruze and starring Wallace Reid and Lila Lee.^[1] The film is based on the play of the same name by James B. Fagan. It had run on Broadway in 1912 with Douglas Fairbanks in the title role.^[2] The scenario for the film was written by Walter Woods. The film was produced by Famous Players–Lasky, and distributed by Famous Players under the Paramount-Artcraft Picture banner.^[1]^[3]

A print of Hawthorne of the U.S.A. is preserved at the Library of Congress.^[1]^[4]^[5]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[6] Anthony Hawthorne (Reid), an American with modern ideas, stirs fashionable Europe when he breads the bank at Monte Carlo. Prince Vladimir (Stevens), a covetous member of the royal family of a small principality, makes an attempt to obtain the fund Hawthorne has on in order to purchase the army of Augustus III (Brower), whom he seeks to depose. Hawthorne joins the prince in his plot but changes his mind when he meets Princess Irma (Lee) and learns that the prince plans to murder her father. Hawthorne works to foil the plot of the prince and ends up establishing a republican form of government and marrying Irma.

Cast

Wallace Reid as Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne
Lila Lee as Princess Irma
Harrison Ford as Rodney Blake
Tully Marshall as Nitchi
Charles Ogle as Colonel Radulski
Guy Oliver as Count Henloe
Edwin Stevens as Prince Vladimir
Clarence Burton as Fredericks
Theodore Roberts as Senator Ballard
Ruth Renick as Kate Ballard
Robert Brower as King Augustus III
Frank Bonner as De Witz

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Progressive Silent Film List: Hawthorne of the U.S.A. at silentera.com
^ Keil, Charlie; Singer, Ben, eds. (2009). American Cinema of the 1910s: Themes and Variations. Rutgers University Press. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-813-54445-8.
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection And The United Artists Collection At The Library Of Congress page 76, c.1978
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Hawthorne of the U. S. A.
^ "Reviews: Hawthorne of the U.S.A.". Exhibitors Herald. 10 (2). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 63. January 10, 1920.